{
 "answer": "In the Town of St. Marys, Ontario, building permit rules are set by By-law Number 23-2006 (Building Bylaw), verified 2026-09-25. Permit required for: construct or demolish a building or cause a building to be constructed or demolished or make any change to a building. Permit fees: Set out in Schedule \"A\"; based on cost of valuation or floor area; e.g. $8.00/$1,000 value of construction with a minimum fee of $1760.00. Administered by: Chief Building Official.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-001769",
 "municipality": "St. Marys",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "building_permits",
 "label": "Building permits",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-09-25",
 "official_website": "http://townofstmarys.com/",
 "documents": [
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   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "By-law Number 23-2006 (Building Bylaw)",
   "category": "building_permits",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2006-04-11",
   "document_url": "https://www.townofstmarys.com/media/zaojdg2i/23-2006-building-by-law.pdf",
   "summary": "Town of St. Marys's Building By-law under Building Code Act 1992: governs construction, demolition, change-of-use, occupancy and transfer-of-permit applications and inspections; permit fees set out in Schedule A to the by-law.",
   "discovered_by": "on-building",
   "discovered_at": "2026-09-25",
   "capture_sha256": "6edeaa0608cb3dfd1eb265dc5fed6061e462dfc4ec4e4e18fe73011a333b5d95",
   "captured_at": "2026-09-25T07:16:54+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "document_number": "23-2006",
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/6edeaa0608cb3dfd1eb265dc5fed6061e462dfc4ec4e4e18fe73011a333b5d95.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "permit_required_for": "construct or demolish a building or cause a building to be constructed or demolished or make any change to a building",
    "fee_basis": "Set out in Schedule \"A\"; based on cost of valuation or floor area; e.g. $8.00/$1,000 value of construction with a minimum fee of $1760.00.",
    "authority": "Chief Building Official",
    "fine_range": "Fine as provided for in Section 36 of the Act; additional fee not to exceed $5000.00"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "permit_required_for": "s. 3.2.1",
    "fee_basis": "s. 5.1, 5.2, 5.3; Schedule \"A\"",
    "authority": "s. 3.2.1",
    "fine_range": "s. 10.1; s. 5.8"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/st-marys/building-permits/bylaw-23-2006/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/st-marys/building-permits/"
}